TTC after Miscarriage or Loss ~ April 08

[Katiegirl]

Good morning everyone.

MaryM - I am so sorry for your loss and I hope you find comfort and support here. I also lost my baby boy later in pregnancy (20 weeks) so I do understand how hard that is. I have found that the women on this site have helped me through some very dark days. There is also a thread for late losses which you are more than welcome to join as well. I post in both threads, as the loss of a baby no matter the age is a devastating experience and we all are able to help each other.

Tutmae - hi I don't think we have met. With CM, you may find that it continues after you have O'ed but it should change in appearance and texture (lovely!). So whilst O is eggwhite and sticky (also stretchy), the CM post O and prior to AF is more likely to be white and crusty on your underpants. Sorry for TMI but this is the best I can explain. You should generally feel dry in that region and not notice the CM too much. If you are still having eggwhite CM than I would keep BD to ensure you time O correctly. I hope that helps - and I hope I am correct! I practised Natural Family Planning for a while so that is generally how i was taught to check for fertility etc.

Natty - so happy to hear the HCG levels were excellent. I hope this means you can relax a bit. I know that relaxing at times seems the hardest thing, but try and take the good news and enjoy it (something I struggle with).

[Trac73]

Hello to Everyone

Welcome to all the newies i am very sorry for your losses and i hope your visit here is a short one.

To all TWW i hope your wait flies by quickly and you receive the results that you want.

To all the BFP's i hope you are all doing well and keeping healthy

AFM - I had my blood test today to confirm pregnancy and shoul receive the results tomorrow. I know that it will be positive as we did another POAS on Sunday one day after period due and the line came up before i could even put it on the counter to read as well as the pg line was double the darkness than that of the test working indicator. I spoke to dr today about all this and he is thinking that we might be a little further along than we thought as my last period was late as well as light. but to be honest with you i am happy that i have a BFP. We have twins in both sides of our families and we thought maybe that is why the line appeared so quick and dark....well that is what DH is wanting to happen. I will let everyone know the results tomorrow.

Take Care Everyone

[Brockstar]

Hello Lovelies

Just wanted to let you know that I am moving on....

EDD 20 November...

Measuring 7wks + 6, so I was pretty spot on with my dates. Nice, healthy heartbeat.

And yes, whilst it is still early days, we are a step ahead of our last pregnancy and tonight I am going to bed happy and content for the 1st time in almost 3 months. I just want to cry with relief...

Good luck to you all and I hope that we will meet again soon in the PAML thread!!!

[JMG]

Hi again

ll80 - Good on you for the positive result. It may be feint, but feint is great news. It could have been no line at all.

Natty - Congratulations on the hcg count from your blood test and the new job. I agree with you on the money side of things. Money worries are one of the worst worries to have. Money doesn't always bring happiness, but it can help you and your family on the way to becoming comfortable.

Trac73 - Congratulations of the positive test and good luck with the blood tests tomorrow. for a great hcg count.

Brockstar - Great news. Good luck in the new thread. Hopefully we can catch up with you in there some day soon.

AFM well I have kept a bit of a low profile and waited to POAS because I got the 'not pregnant' result from the digital test I did the other day I waited to do another one. (Although couldn't resist using a few normal tests while I waited!) This morning I decided to do 1 normal HPT and 1 digital when I first woke up.
They both were , but I was particularly excited with the digital test saying 'pregnant' so I took a photo!!
I am going to my doctor next Monday to confirm everything as I want to just wait it out a little more before seeing him. I am very happy and as I am in a much less stressful job this time around I am much more confident that this pregnancy could just well stick. I don't want to move on just yet if that's okay. I just might stick around for another week or 3!!!

and for everyone else hoping for a this month.

[AJC]

Woohoo - JMG. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

trac73, Natty & Brockstar - glad to hear you and your bubs' are doing well.

tutmae - Hi, I don't think we've met before. I guess all of our bodies are different but I always get CM even after O. I do remember that last time I was pg it was more watery than usual which was one of the signs which encouraged me to POAS. Good luck and I hope it is pg CM that you have.

tinak - sorry about af. A big pg belly would be a nice Christmas present too - that's what I am telling myself anyway. I know that won't make me feel better if af arrives in 10 days.

MelA - GL for test tomorrow and hope it's a BFP for you this cycle. I'm going for my test am - I like to get it over and done with. Strange thing is I'm actually looking forward to it because I feel like I am 'doing' something rather than just waiting?!?! If that makes sense?

for the TTC'ers and
for the PG ladies
for everyone !!!

[Jodsan]

Hi all, just a quickie to say congratulations JMG!


I'll pop back in tomorrow to do some personals. Til then, sending some

[jen805]

My gosh, somehow I got behind on all these posts! So much catching up to do! Hopefully I don't forget anyone, forgive me if I do...

JMG--Congrats on the BFP! Take care of yourself! Glad to see you're feeling so positive--good luck at your appt. next week.

Brockstar--Don't think we've met, but so happy for you that you're moving on! Good luck!

Trac--Congrats to you, as well, on your BFP! Twins would be amazing!

Katiegirl--Thanks for the info on the baby aspirin. Spoke with nurse yesterday, she said baby aspirin is fine to take, but that taking progesterone before positive pg. result could cause infertility! Think I'll just stick with prenatals and baby aspirin for now!

tutmae--We haven't met before, but good luck with ttc!

MaryM--Hope you're cheering up a little, and crying a little less! Take care!

tina k--So sorry about AF--boo, she should be shot! Christmas will be hard for me this year, as well, as I was due in Sept. Here's hoping that we have big, fat tummies by then! Keep your chin up!

Sending a shout out to mmteacher, Jodsan, AJC, Emmy-Lou, bettyboop, plc--hope all is going well!

In case I didn't say it in a prior post (and if I did, then it's double!)--Congrats to ll80 & JMG on the BFP!!

MelA--Sorry to hear about AF. Good luck with bt on Wed!

Natty--So relieved to hear about your awesome bt results!!!!! Congrats on the job, as well!

Angel Babies--Just read your poems the other day--omg, talk about tear jerkers! What a great way to pay respect to your beautiful angel babies! My heart broke for you while I was reading--just sat there with tears streaming down my face!

Magda--Haven't heard from you in a while--hope things are going great for you and your precious bub!

It's CD10 for me, and according to my calendar at fertility friend, my fertile days started on Sun. and I should be O'ing tomorrow. Just finished AF 3 days ago, but for the last 2 days have had light cramps and spotting. Been BD'ing since Sat.--just in case, but is even possible to be fertile & O so soon after AF? And if I'm still spotting (noticed it this am, too, but it's so light I only notice it when I wipe--sorry-tmi!) does that mean it's still AF? Never paid any attention to or noticed whether or not I get O signs or symptoms, so I don't really know what to expect or look for. I also don't have a thermometer, so I don't take my temps, and haven't been checking CM (which I've never done before either!) because of the spotting. So it makes me wonder how accurate my calendar is--how does it know my "fertile days" and when I'm supposed to be O'ing without all that extra info?

Guess that's it for now--I apologize again if I've missed anyone! Hope you all have a great day. You all give me the strength to get me through the tough times--God bless you all!

[plc1805]

Ok let me formally congratulate u then JMG - woohoo!!! well done sweet!!

Brockstar - it was so lovely having you in our fold for the time u were here and I hope to join u again sometime soon in the paml thread!! Take care!!

Tempus - thanks so much for asking re the heart monitoring - I had my follow-up appt tonight and all clear. I think that that is mainly to do with the fact I didn't have any palps while the monitor was on. Doc said if i have any more episodes to try to get to a hosp asap so i can get monitored appropriately. Otherwise, all good! Hope ur doin ok hun!

tutmae - sweet for the life of me I can't remember whether I welcomed u so welcome!! and I offer my heartfelt sympathies to u and DP/DH for ur loss.

Hey everyone else!!!